What excited me to take up poetry as an adult was the hope to write closer to the borders of perception. It might not be the realm of silence but it might be closer to that. At the edge of language, new meanings and new perceptions may wait. Admittedly, this is likely why my poems don’t have a wider audience. But it’s where I feel the inspirations I can’t quite pronounce. And that feels exciting the way life feels best. As John Cage said, “I have nothing to say and I am saying it and this is poetry."
This reminds me of the 16 questions about which the Buddha maintained a noble silence - not because they were unanswerable necessarily, but because they were irrelevant to the Work.
What excited me to take up poetry as an adult was the hope to write closer to the borders of perception. It might not be the realm of silence but it might be closer to that. At the edge of language, new meanings and new perceptions may wait. Admittedly, this is likely why my poems don’t have a wider audience. But it’s where I feel the inspirations I can’t quite pronounce. And that feels exciting the way life feels best. As John Cage said, “I have nothing to say and I am saying it and this is poetry."
what a treat this was - the writing, the insights, the picture - everything!
This reminds me of the 16 questions about which the Buddha maintained a noble silence - not because they were unanswerable necessarily, but because they were irrelevant to the Work.
Cohen was an amazing human being